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Modders gut an SNES, cram in a PC

June 20th, 2009 by Richard Mitchell

The SNES you see above, ladies and gentlemen, is no SNES at all. It is, in fact, a fully functioning PC (an Acer Aspire One netbook, if you want to know). Built by quangDX and DuPPs of Asobitech.com, the AASNES1 packs all the connections you need, WiFi and even some cool USB extension cables that plug directly into the console’s controller ports (its makers also modified a Super NES controller to work as a USB controller). The DVD-RW drive is located inside the Super Mario World cartridge and the modders even made the Super Nintendo logo on the back light up. It is, in summation, sweet.

Check out a video of the AASNES1 after the break and head over to Asobitech for a step-by-step retelling of its creation.

[Via Engadget]

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Wii Warm Up: Matched set

October 6th, 2007 by JC Fletcher

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We actually think the Manhunt 2 Wii is pretty cool. It looks fairly realistically bloody, and in general reminds us of Silent Hill. We like it in a "we can appreciate it on the Internet" kind of way. Similarly, we've seen amazing custom jobs from Morpheon Mods, made in Zelda and Metroid themes, and appreciated them on the Internet (though we passed mostly for financial reasons in those cases).

The proliferation of such game-specific mods leads us to a two-part thought question for today: what game theme would you want for your Wii, and how would that look? Painted a certain color? Lights? 3D elements? For some of you, that white side panel must look like an empty canvas.


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